Bird AlbumUnited States · New York
Central Park
277 species and 1,248,479 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 204 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Central Park – The Ramble1 km243 species
- Central Park – North End3 km230 species
- Brooklyn Bridge Park8 km209 species
- Liberty SP10 km296 species
- Richard W. DeKorte Park11 km275 species
- Inwood Hill Park12 km257 species
All 277 species recorded here
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Central Park?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 204 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Central Park?
277 species, from 1,248,479 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Central Park in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Blue Jay, Mallard, House Sparrow and American Robin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.